Statistics on changes in military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore], on the report from [? Captain William Boyle, later 12th Lord Cork and Orrery], British Naval Attache at Rome [Italy], on an increase in the Italian naval programme of four battleships of the "Queen Elizabeth" type, and the implications for British battleships. [Carbon].

Statistics on changes on military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Telegram from Ibn Saud [King of Saudi Arabia] to WSC congratulating him on the fall of Rome [Italy]. Signature in typescript.

Telegram from King Ibn Saud [of Saudi Arabia] to WSC congratulating him on the liberation of Rome [Italy]. Signature in typescript.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt regarding the joint Anglo-American planning of the military administration of Italian occupied territory and suggesting that a British General Officer is established as military governor of "Husky land" [Sicily] under the Supreme control of General Dwight Eisenhower [Commander in Chief North African Theatre of Operations, United States Army].

Letter from R Noel Cripps to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of State, earlier Max Aitken] urging a bombing campaign to destroy Italian communications; details which power stations and railway lines to target, possibly using fifth columnists; refers to dynamite laid in La Poretta tunnel by Captain Piercy in 1935 which was never detonated; includes filing note. [Typescript copy].

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on observing the Italian declaration of neutrality. Includes reply by WSC. [Typescript copy].

Letter from Guglielmo Marconi (Grand Hotel, Rome) to WSC, praising his remarks to the Giornale d'Italia on Italy and the international situation. Marconi emphasises the friendship for Britain and France in Italy, commenting that German and Austrian flags could not be shown in any part of the country.

Cutting from the Italian newspaper Messagero, including an interview with Guglielmo Marconi by Rino Alessi, on support for Britain and France in Italy, and how and when Italy could cancel its declaration of neutrality.

Letter from George Trevelyan (Rome [Italy]) to Francis Acland [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Italy and the Balkans, including the views of Sir [James] Rennell Rodd [British Ambassador to Italy] on the chances of Italy going to war, the advantages of bringing in Italy and Romania as allies, the harshness of Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans and the necessity of keeping Serbia supplied with ammunition. Includes forwarding note from WSC. [Typescript copy].

Letter from Patrick Hannon, General Secretary of the Navy League to Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC, sending a copy of his reply to a question from the Giornale d'Italia on the armed intervention of Italy in the war.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) to WSC on Count [Carlo] Sforza's suggestion that Britain should offer to evacuate Italian women and children from Ethiopia [Abyssinia], thus gaining international admiration and undermining Benito Mussolini's propaganda. [see CHAR 20/37/38 for President Franklin Roosevelt's comments].